Book ID: CBB000770196

Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago (2005)

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Platt, Harold L. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: xvi + 628 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Stine, Jeffrey K. (2006) Review of "Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 579). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wyke, Terry
Lisa Reilly
Leonardo Ciacci
Salzmann, Joshua A. T.
Kidd, Alan J.
Marco Evangelisti
Concepts
Urban history
Urban planning
Environmental sciences
Industrial revolution
Environmental history
Science and society
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century, late
Places
Chicago (Illinois, U.S.)
United States
Manchester (England)
Great Britain
England
London (England)
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